Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Incoming 15mm Cold Climes Planetary Militia this September at The Ion Age

“Faercyle II is nowhere. I mean it.
I had to look it up. Right out there on the edge of the known Precinct
in the least wanted star system of the Camarthen cluster. The Faercyle
system ain't like Camarthen itself or the beautiful Myrdan and Ambrosia
systems with their beaches and lush farmlands. No, that planet is a near
permanent frozen rock just inside the habitable zone of its little sun.
Nothing there, nothing living. But one thing we want. Lots of titanium.
A damn lot and easy to mine as well through the ice just got to scrape
it off. Height of summer you can walk about with just protective
clothing, spring and autumn heated Aketon armour is fine but the winter,
your choice is indoor or icicle. The heated town and farmlands of
Ismere are nice most of the time due to the under soil pipes. Anyway I
was put out there back in '21 when the first ore converters were set up.
To train a Planetary Militia you know. Not a big contingent but enough
for the expected half million population. Took us a year and I was glad
to the leave. Cold Climes ain't no fun for a trooper. I took the shuttle
to orbit and never looked back. Still can't put ice in my drinks.

So three weeks ago I get a vid call
from regional command telling me and the other instructors that we are
shipping out along with elements of the 202nd and the 608th ,both good
regiments, for Faercyle II. To back up the 'PM' against a new foe. I
asked was it the Cannies or the Yordists or some grasping rim baron
trying to muscle in on the mining. No answers though. Not until the
'Kildare' jumped in system and I saw we had three other warships with us
as well as regimental transports. A big task force with a lot of space
borne fire power. Made me sweat. Swapping shots on the ground fine but
not up there. Nothing though next to what we were told was actually
going on. First contact, real aliens. I had heard of the xeno digs on
Camarthen Prime but there was nothing there; only dust. This was
different. Seemed that Faercyle had been raided from space. People
carried off, buildings destroyed, refined titanium stolen. Alien raiders
had attacked the planet.

I swore I would never come back
here. But all it took was five years and an alien presence and it was
back to the frozen funfair. Two days ago the Kildare spotted incoming
ships. Several of them. Smaller than our crates but coming in a a
sustained three standard gravities. Like needles straight at the planet.
Wanting another shot at the ore or perhaps more. Command has named them
'Prang', no idea why. No idea what they look like and the locals ain't
saying much. I am back with the Planetary Militia in my cold climes
gear. In Ismere the only star port on this rock, dug in deep. We are
ready this time. We will let them land and then see what happens. See
what these Prang, these Raiders are all about. If nothing else it will
keep the chill off. Man I hate the cold.”

This month The Ion Age will release a whole new sub-force into the 15mm
ranges. Cold Climes Planetary Militia the defence forces who gear up
for the working in the frozen and in the mountains as well as anywhere
else in the Prydian Precinct where snow and ice prevail. Worlds like
Faercycle II and Bargle III which are valuable and have breathable
atmospheres but are too cold for normal habitation have these troops
present to fend off raiders, condots and invasions by Humans and aliens
alike. We will be releasing twenty six new 15mm scale poses sculpted by
Sam Croes in the form of two ten figure squads and a five figure
command team as well as all of these in a platoon with an extra free
special miniature..the female sniper you can see here. Yum!

We will be releasing all the codes later this month in one lot along
with some great images of them. Above is a typical trooper in cold
climes gear without his helmet and carrying the standard load out of a
Moth Type 6 Rifle. You can find the full story of the Planetary Militia
in IAB03 The Khanate Return and if you want to get some free content there is the playtest Planetary Militia in Patrol Angis which is hosted on our website.

If you are reading this after September 2017 you can find all of the Planetary Militia troops on the website HERE and their vehicles HERE.

We will be further expanding the Planetary Militia in October before
phase two continues with more alien releases. I hope you enjoyed this
little first look at the Incoming for this month and above is the
Planetary Militia Platoon in standard uniform (IAFP07).